George Orwell once wrote “If you plant a walnut you are planting it for your grandchildren, and who cares a damn for his grandchildren?”
Today we witness not Big Brother, but many people in positions of authority denying, deflecting or delaying climate change action. If that makes your blood boil, it’s because you know those people have nothing other than their own self-interest at heart. They don’t give a damn, even about their own grandchildren.
Well what if, thirty years from now, those very same grandchildren decided it was time to hold today’s decision makers to account?
By then, supercomputers will have advanced enough to tell us what the climate consequences were of every past policy decision or non-decision. There will be no gray areas. The excuses for today’s inaction will seem like parodies.
That is the premise behind the novel and play Court of the Grandchildren.
Lily lives a busy life, much as any 29-year-old in 2050’s America. When her great uncle David is accused of climate crimes, they must both confront events from their past that they would prefer to forget.
Want to know more? Read the first chapter or listen to the audio drama adaptation.
